Generative AI Contracts in the West Midlands

Generative Artificial Intelligence (Gen AI)
England > West Midlands

The following table provides summary statistics for contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for Generative AI skills. Included is a benchmarking guide to the contractor rates offered in vacancies that have cited Generative AI over the 6 months to 28 April 2024 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years.

6 months to
28 Apr 2024
Same period 2023 Same period 2022
Rank 105 - -
Rank change year-on-year - - -
Contract jobs citing Generative AI 4 0 0
As % of all contract jobs advertised in the West Midlands 0.21% - -
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.25% - -
Number of daily rates quoted 4 0 0
10th Percentile £580 - -
25th Percentile £625 - -
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £700 - -
75th Percentile £800 - -
90th Percentile £890 - -
England median daily rate £600 - -

All Process and Methodology Skills
West Midlands

Generative AI is in the Processes and Methodologies category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies advertised in the West Midlands with a requirement for process or methodology skills.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 1,617 2,114 3,201
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands 84.00% 88.67% 90.19%
Number of daily rates quoted 1,066 1,452 2,361
10th Percentile £275 £263 £270
25th Percentile £375 £401 £394
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £500 £512 £488
Median % change year-on-year -2.34% +5.03% +17.47%
75th Percentile £625 £600 £575
90th Percentile £750 £694 £675
England median daily rate £525 £550 £538
% change year-on-year -4.55% +2.33% +9.69%
Number of hourly rates quoted 115 45 69
10th Percentile £11.09 £12.20 £12.00
25th Percentile £14.00 £13.31 £13.87
Median hourly rate £22.50 £17.72 £17.00
Median % change year-on-year +26.98% +4.24% +1.07%
75th Percentile £41.13 £23.75 £19.86
90th Percentile £57.75 £51.25 £22.05
England median hourly rate £35.50 £37.50 £24.35
% change year-on-year -5.33% +54.00% +1.46%

Generative AI
Job Vacancy Trend in the West Midlands

Job postings citing Generative AI as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the West Midlands.

Job vacancy trend for Generative AI in the West Midlands

Generative AI
Contractor Daily Rate Trend in the West Midlands

3-month moving average daily rate quoted in jobs citing Generative AI in the West Midlands.

Daily rate trend for Generative AI in the West Midlands

Generative AI
Daily Rate Histogram in the West Midlands

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Generative AI in the West Midlands over the 6 months to 28 April 2024.

Daily rate histogram for Generative AI in the West Midlands

Generative AI
Contract Job Locations in the West Midlands

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Generative AI within the West Midlands region over the 6 months to 28 April 2024. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Birmingham - 3 £700 - 2
Worcestershire - 1 £550 -
Generative AI
England

Generative AI
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the West Midlands by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 1 (25.00%) Confluence
1 1 (25.00%) SharePoint
Cloud Services
1 2 (50.00%) AWS
2 1 (25.00%) Azure
2 1 (25.00%) Power Automate
2 1 (25.00%) Power Platform
2 1 (25.00%) PowerApps
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (25.00%) Power BI
Development Applications
1 1 (25.00%) JIRA
General
1 3 (75.00%) Finance
1 3 (75.00%) Social Skills
2 2 (50.00%) Retail
3 1 (25.00%) Analytical Skills
3 1 (25.00%) Local Government
Job Titles
1 1 (25.00%) Automation Specialist
1 1 (25.00%) Digital Director
1 1 (25.00%) IT Director
1 1 (25.00%) Technical Specialist
Miscellaneous
1 2 (50.00%) FMCG
Processes & Methodologies
1 4 (100.00%) Agile
1 4 (100.00%) Artificial Intelligence
2 2 (50.00%) Analytics
2 2 (50.00%) Continuous Improvement
2 2 (50.00%) Data Science
2 2 (50.00%) Facilities Management
2 2 (50.00%) Performance Metrics
3 1 (25.00%) Business Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Data Governance
3 1 (25.00%) Data Integration
3 1 (25.00%) Data Mapping
3 1 (25.00%) Data Protection
3 1 (25.00%) Data-Flow Analysis
3 1 (25.00%) Decision-Making
3 1 (25.00%) Digital Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) IT Strategy
3 1 (25.00%) Platform Engineering
3 1 (25.00%) Problem-Solving
3 1 (25.00%) Project Delivery
3 1 (25.00%) Technology Strategy
Programming Languages
1 1 (25.00%) Java
1 1 (25.00%) Python
1 1 (25.00%) SQL
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 1 (25.00%) Accessibility
1 1 (25.00%) Data Quality